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# Overv iew • EPA's continued recognition of the biogenic or natural rubber fraction in tires • Benefits and use of natural rubber in tire manufacturing • Scrap Tire Markets- Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) • States with Utility Boilers currently combust TDF • States that support the use of biomass as a means to comply with the proposed Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units ( " Clean Power Plan") • RMA recommendations



## RMA Supports E PA ' s Recognition of the Natura l Rubber Fraction in Tire s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule 3



## • EPA 's technic a l support document for the GHG re porting rule recognized the natural rubber fraction in tires as biogenic

- http :// www.epa . gov / qhqreportinq / documents/pdf / 201 0 / MRR-Revis i ons TSD . pdf • Thi s background document included information from RMA ' s website that specified that passenger tires a re 14% natural rubber and truck tires are 27% natural rubber (RMA has update d the natural rubber content data) 4 

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## RMA Supports EPA ' s Recognition of the Natural Rubber Fraction in T ires GHG Deferral Rule Examples of biogenic C02 emissions includ e: "C02 from combustion of th e biological fraction of tire-derived fuel"

- Deferral fo r C02 Emissions from Bio en e r gy and Oth e r Bi ogenic Sources und e r th e Pr e l'ention ofSignificmll De terio ration (PSD) and Title V Programs: Final R11le (Page I 7 of I04) Accounti ng Framework for Biogenic C02 Emissions (2011) " Tire-De ril 'ed Wastes (TDW). Scrap tires have multiple u ses, including use as a feedstock for TOW. Tires contain a biogenic com ponent in th e form of natural rubber or biomass , which comprises approximately 20 percent of the tire based on information collected from the Rubber Manufacturers Assoc iation (E P A , 20 1 0e). TOW is typically treated through combus ti on. TOW is often co-fi r ed with other fuels , but may also be the primary fuel."

- Accounting Fram ell'orkfor Biogenic C02 Emissio ns fro m Statio nar y Sources (Sep temb er20 11 . Page 49of140) 

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## RMA Supports E PA's Recognition of the Natu ral Rubber Fraction in Tires Framework f o r Assessing Bi oge ni c C02 Emiss io n s from Stationary Sources (20 14) Append ix N. Assessing Emissions fro m Waste - Derived Bi ogeni c Feeds t ocks 5

- "A lthough MSW cons is ts mainly of biogenic resou rces such as food, paper, and wood pr o du c ts, it also inc lud es re so urces de rived fro m fossil fue ls, s uc h as tires and plastics .

- After the MSW is delivered t o a s tati onary source facility, it is incine rated in an EGU e ith e r "a s is" (mass bum without recovery of recyclables), as refuse-derived fuel (bum a ft e r recyclables have been recovered), or combustion with e nergy r eco v ery of so ur ce separated materials in MSW (e.g., wood pa ll ets and tire- d erived fu e l ; EPA, 2009b). 6 

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## RMA Supports EPA ' s Recognition of the Natural Rubber Fraction in Tires Framework for Assessing Bi ogeni c C02 Emi ss ion s f rom Station ary Source s (Continued) • Appendix N. Assessing Emiss io ns from Was te-Derived Biog enic Feedstocks

- "Tires co ntain a bi oge nic co mp one nt in the fo rm of natura l rubber .

- Whole tires (includ in g steel, etc.) from the c o mbined grouping of passenger ve hicl es and trucks are, o n average, composed of 28% n atural n1bber (Ru bb er Manufacturers Assoc iati on , unpublished data 20 1 3) .



### - Tir e-deri ve d -f ue l i s u se d in ce me nt kiln s, utilit y boi lers , pulp and paper mills, industrial boiler s, and dedicated scrap tire-to-energy fac iliti es (EP A 2009b ). " (P age 29 of 98) 1



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## RMA Supports EPA ' s Recognition of the Natural Rubber Fraction in Tires J anet G. McCabe, Memo ra ndum - Addre ssi n g B iogenic Ca rb o n Dioxide Emi ss ion s from Stationary So urces (November 19 , 

### 20 1 4) • Some s tates w ill w is h t o include biogenic fe edstock s in th eir comp li ance plan s for the Clean Power Plan • Wh en consideri ng state comp li ance pl ans, the agency ex pects to recogni ze th e b iogen ic C02 emissions and climate policy ben efi ts of was te- deri ved and certain forest-de ri ved indu st rial bypro duct feed sto cks

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# Use and Benefits of natural rubber in tire manufacturing • The use of natural rubber in tires reduces the use of synthetic rubber and extraction of fossil fuels • Natural rubber provides performance characteristics in tires

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# Use and Benefits of natural rubber in tire manufacturing • GHG emissions from the combustion of whole tires and Tire Derived F uel (TDF ) c h ips , which contain natur a l rubber , h ave a positive net effect on the car bon cycle:

- Natur a l rubber is a renewab le raw material in t ires -Harvesting natural rubber does not destroy t h e so urce of the organic mat e rial

- P roducing natural ru b be r req uir es very l ow e nergy consumption 

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## - Combustion o f whole tires and TDF chips reduces at m osphe ri c C02 l eve l s w h en compared to traditional foss i l fuels because they contain nat u ral rubber which is biomass , pro du ced by seques trat i on of C02 through photosynthes i s in rubbe r trees

- T here is no time lapse between emissions of C02 from the natural rubber in TDF and the resequestration of the em i ssions from biomass regeneration because th e source of the biogenic material is n o t destroyed 12 

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# Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) • About 95 percent of annually generated scrap tires in the U.S. go to end use markets • Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) is the oldest and most mature market for scrap tires in the country • The combustion of end-of-life tires supplements or displaces the use of traditional fossil fuels



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# • GHG emissions from the combustion of the biogenic fraction of whole tires is different from the GHG emissions from the combustion of the biogenic fraction of TDF Chips

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## U .S. Scrap T ire Market Summa ry (2005- 2013)
552.51 789.09 1354.17 1093.50 975 .00 Land D i sposed 590.81 593.98 653 .3 8 491 . 65 327 . 78 Exported 111 . 99 102 . 08 102.10 302.48 245 . 84 Ovil Engineering 639.99 561 .5 6 284.92 294 . 99 172.00 Reclamation Pro jects UNK 132.58 1 30.00 54.29 4 9 . 17 EleC1ric Arc Furnace 18 .88 27 . 14 27 . 10 65 . 55 65 . 56 Ba l

e d Ti r es/market UNK U NK 27.76 1.92 30.00 Agricultural 47 . 59 7.13 7.10 7.10 7 . 10 Punc h e d/ Stamped 100 .5 1 1.85 1 . 90 1 . 90 1 . 90 Baled/no market 42 . 22 9 .3 1 15.57 32.78 No data Used Tires I n/a n/a 37 1 . 25 n/a n/a Total t o Market 3616.11 4105 .79 4391.0 5 3083.76 3666.85 Gene rat ed' 4410 . 73 45 95.72 5170.50 378 1.00 3824. 26 % to Market/Utilized 82 .0% 89 . 3% 84 . 9 % 81 .6% 95.9% % Managed 96 . 3% 102.5% 97 . 9% 95.4% 104 . 5% (oncludoOI bol<d and

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# U . S . Scrap Tire Disposition 2013 M•rket or Disposition Thouunds of Tons Millions of Tires % chanae 2011 · 2013 nre·De r lved F uel 2120.29 129.37 48.6% Cement Kilns 726 . 04 44 .30 137.7% Pulp & Paper 716 . 25 43.70 20 .8% Electric Utilities 576.25 35.16 260.2% Industrial Boilers 0.00 0.00 ·100.0% Dedicated Tires-to-Energy 101.75 6 . 21 ·50.0% Gr

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# TDF Usage by State Utility Boilers EPA Region TDF Usage (tons per year in 2013) Region 3 and Region 4 289 , 000

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# State Comments on Biomass and the Clean Power Plan • States s h ould be ab l e to u s c biom a ss to comp l y with t h e C l ean Powe r Plan.

- Eleven s t ates: Arkan sas, Connecticut, Georgia, H awaii, I ndiana, Kansas, Maine, Mic hi gan, New ll am p s hir e, Ten nessee, an d Wi scons in . 23



### • EPA shou ld cla ri fy whether states ca n u sc b i omass in their compliance p l ans.

- Seventeen states: Arkan sas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana , Kansas, Loui s ia n a, Mai ne, M i c hi gan, M i ss i ss ippi , New Ha mp s hir e , No rth Caro lin a, Ohio , Tenn e ssee, Virg ini a, and Wi sco n s in. • If 

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# you Sarah Amick samick@rma . org (202) 682-4836 Tracey Norberg tnorberg@rma . org (202) 682-4839 

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